A Wosera Big Man seat Middle Sepik

A Wosera Big Man seat

Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea

the domed base with five angled supports to the circular seat with a curved back having two carved ancestor heads to the back, the base with inventory number H945, early to mid 20th century,

43cm high.

Provenance

Field Collected by Peter Hallinan in the late 1970's.

Peter Hallinan Collection, Surfer's Paradise, Sydney, inventory number H945.

Seats of this type belong exclusively to Big Men; men of political power, wealth and direct links back to important ancestors.